* Tuesday 4/15 Random/AW/SS Thread *

lest12

I started a thread over in the baby names forum if anyone wants to give me some opinions

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12318168/boy-name-thoughts-suggestions#latest

 

Why can't we name our baby?!?

steprozz

@emilyh107‌ this is situation exactly! did you happen to be pregnant last time in the summer of 2012? that's when I was pregnant with DS and I also gained 50 lbs and had the same swelling issue from the heat (hottest day of the year was 106* which also happened to be the day of DH and I's outdoor wedding at 5 months pregnant ugh) people say the same thing to me about being smaller this time and I just nod my head and smile. I think they mean well and are trying to make it out like a compliment but it gets annoying because it doesn't feel like a compliment, almost like they are concerned something is wrong. just keep your head up! I'm sure you look great!!

elsa1688

Baby is moving less. I know he's probably running out of room but it's freaking me out.

Pepper6

cristykaye said:

Thanks for all who replied about my irrational fears. I trust my docs and nurses. My fiancé works with them everyday so we are all closer than the average doc/patient. That does help some. I know that it is rare for something to happen during child birth. But I have this thought that I have clothes, diapers, wipes, blankets, bassinet, and other baby needs. My shower is coming up next weekend and I'm so excited but then I think "it's going to have to come out soon"!!!! "What if the epidural doesn't work?" With all the anxiety I have over my thoughts I'm just afraid I'm going to lose it in the delivery room I guess!

I sort of feel like my original anxiety over childbirth was almost a way to try to subconsciously talk myself out of it.  Like, if I was somehow scared enough, I wouldn't have to do it.  But then once I emotionally/mentally accepted the fact that absolutely nothing will change the fact that this baby has to come out one way or another, I was sort of able to move past it.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still nervous and worried about how it will go, but once I took the emotional fear out of it, I feel a little bit more prepared to deal with the physical anxieties.  Like now I can focus on what's going to happen and what could happen and how to deal with it rather than feeling the fear of it all while hoping it 'won't' happen...if that makes any sense.

elsa1688

@wareagle1220‌ I definitely drank a coffee frappachino yesterday. I haven't had one in years but I figured sugar + caffeine would get baby going.

rainbowdashh

I've never been a huge fan of bacon but all I can think about is eating bacon. A bacon burger, a grilled cheese with bacon, eggs and bacon... I could go on but I won't. It's torture. Why don't I have any bacon?!

rainbowdashh

mrsdbc said:

ohyealovely said:

I've never been a huge fan of bacon but all I can think about is eating bacon. A bacon burger, a grilled cheese with bacon, eggs and bacon... I could go on but I won't. It's torture. Why don't I have any bacon?!

I had a bacon and guacamole burger for lunch..... it was amazing. ;-)

That sounds like exactly what I need. Guacamole and bacon!!! I'm drooling. And so very jealous.

MrsCase1

PinkKEL9 said:

Rachel5130 said:

@PinkKEL9‌ - Why stressed about your NST? I've heard many people enjoy it (it's just the going into the office constantly that they don't like.) From what I've heard, it isn't invasive or painful or anything AND it gives you peace of mind! I think @ugabamafans‌ and @LoHerrim‌ could tell you more.

I guess because I don't really know what to expect and I just want everything to be okay with baby. I am a worrier though. This is the first one and I have to have them 2x a week until delivery.

I'm semi-looking forward to them. It is the only time I get to be alone, LOL. Theyjust hook your belly up to some contraption to monitor your contractions and you push a button when you feel movement. I was terrible at it; they'd tell me I was contracting and I wouldn't feel a thing. Ha! One time I panicked because I thought I didn't feel him so they gave me juice. NBD.

wtfisup

ohyealovely said:

I've never been a huge fan of bacon but all I can think about is eating bacon. A bacon burger, a grilled cheese with bacon, eggs and bacon... I could go on but I won't. It's torture. Why don't I have any bacon?!

I'm with you. We went to brunch this weekend and I had some amazing dish with both ham and bacon on it and now I want to eat all the pig incarnations all the time. 

MrsCase1

@lest12 we don't have any progress on names, either.

lest12

I'm glad I'm not alone!

lest12

I'm a worried mess. DH works on Boylston Street in Boston, where the bombings were. He's there right now. I'm watching the news and a few blocks are blocked off because someone in a black veil left a backpack near the finish line. A block away from where DH is. I don't like this at all. I really don't like that he'll be working Monday either. ETA: now everyone is being ordered inside so they can detonate the backpack? I am scared shitless. DH isn't answering, I'm just watching the news.

nunzchucks

@lest12 hugs. Please update when you hear from him.

lest12

Thanks guys. This is like torture! Nothing has happened and everyone is still inside. They yelled fire in the hole but there was no explosion... Someone is in custody. Again, just from the news. I just wish DH would text me back! Or be able to come home. My problems aside, who the eff would do this today? It happened about an hour after they had an 'event' where survivors crossed the finish line after a relay. What kind of asshole does this?

hjl050308

@lest12‌, hope everything's ok.

rainbowdashh

@lest12‌ I hope you hear from your H soon! People are so messed up! I was just reading on fb about how many people think the original bombing was staged. Ugh!

lest12

I am thinking about the exact same thing, @lizardbreath14‌ . Because I know you guys want the play-by-play, but they just had the explosion from blowing up the first backpack (there may have been two?) so the worst is kind of over, right? I'm guessing DH is trying to keep the people in the restaurant and the staff calm and OK and must be fine. Thanks for your thoughts, ladies. I appreciate it. Maybe my blood pressure can go back down now.

lest12

ohyealovely said:

@lest12‌ I hope you hear from your H soon! People are so messed up! I was just reading on fb about how many people think the original bombing was staged. Ugh!

@ohyealovely‌ - staged by who?? The same people who plotted 9/11, I'm sure *eye roll*

lest12

Me too! DH just called. He's just mad it turned into a wasted night at work. Glad I wasn't worried or anything!

nunzchucks

@lest12 Maybe it's time to instigate a "whenever there is a bomb threat, we first send an I'm OK text" rule.

JulieSmiles

@lest12‌ I'm so glad to hear your DH is okay! I want to be a SS for a minute! My due date is exactly 50 days from now! I haven't decided if that number is huge or tiny yet, but 50 days!

rainbowdashh

lest12 said:

ohyealovely said:

@lest12‌ I hope you hear from your H soon! People are so messed up! I was just reading on fb about how many people think the original bombing was staged. Ugh!

@ohyealovely‌ - staged by who?? The same people who plotted 9/11, I'm sure *eye roll*

That's right! The government did it. Obama is evil and he wants to blow people up. And shoot little kids. People make me sick.

lest12

LilNunz1 said:

@lest12 Maybe it's time to instigate a "whenever there is a bomb threat, we first send an I'm OK text" rule.

Right? Lol @emotionlotion‌ - I'm sorry you were in the area last year. Luckily DH was home that day, although plenty of his friends were working. I can't imagine how scary it was in town. And I feel you on the manhunt. I kind of put all of that and how scary it was in the back of my mind. It's really messed up that so done would want to make people relive *any* of that.

jshrop

@emotionlotion‌ I'm sorry you went through that last year! Text if you want to chat!


@lest12‌ I agree with @LilNunz1‌ -- bomb threat=I'm okay text

otter1103

glad to hear the hubs is okay @lest12

and just a small FYI, that getting that "I'm ok" text out may or may not always work. I work in emergency management and if there is an active threat, they most likely will jam cell signals in order to prevent any remote detonation. Not that we don't already have enough to worry about but it's just a thought to hopefully ease a small amount of panic if you cannot reach your loved ones via cell or text.

lest12

@otter1103‌ - that's true. My brother & gf were near the finish line last year and couldn't get in touch with us because of that.

However, we didn't realize they were down there so we weren't worried or looking for them. They were actually trying to call us to find out what happened.

DH felt bad that I was worried. Apparently, everything was under control and the newscasters made it into more of a dramatic scene than it was (shocking). Still, an "I'm ok" text (or at least attempt) rule has been established!

lest12

Oh and thank you


On another note, I spent most of tonight thinking it was Wednesday. Very disappointing to realize it isn't.

ahopkins0419

@lest12‌ I know im late but im happy everything is ok.

lest12

@wareagle1220 - that is scary.  Active shooter stuff is terrifying  

This world is messed up.  The backpack at the finish line last night had a rice cooker in it (last year's bombs were pressure cookers) and the rice cooker was filled with confetti... so that when police detonated it, confetti went flying everywhere.

What kind of sick fuck thinks that is funny??? 

 

 

On another note, I am hosting my sister's bridal shower June 1st and for some reason, when my mother offered to put her name and number down for the RSVP, I insisted that I didn't mind taking the calls.  Now I have every woman we know, and her fiancé knows, calling me.

Is it rude to let them go to voicemail? 

lest12

wareagle1220 said:

lest12 said:

SNIP

On another note, I am hosting my sister's bridal shower June 1st and for some reason, when my mother offered to put her name and number down for the RSVP, I insisted that I didn't mind taking the calls.  Now I have every woman we know, and her fiancé knows, calling me.

Is it rude to let them go to voicemail? 

@lest12, No. That's what I would do.

Right?  I can't be expected to chit chat with everyone one of these women - we invited over 50 people!  I don't have time for that type of nonsense.

Most of them have been very sweet but then they want to talk to me about my pregnancy on top of it.  That's when it is exhausting.  Don't worry, you'll all see me big and huge at 37 weeks pregnant at the shower.  We can talk then!

lest12

I don't want to be rude, but maybe they don't want to talk to me as much as I don't really want to talk to them?

 

Maybe?

 

 

jshrop

lest12 said:

I don't want to be rude, but maybe they don't want to talk to me as much as I don't really want to talk to them?

 

Maybe?

 

 

Maybe this is rude, but I send 99% of calls to voicemail. I absolutely hate talking on the phone unless it is absolutely necessary. I wouldn't hesitate to send RSVP to voicemail since I could mark it down when I get home.

TheMrs820

I am super freaked about less movement lately, my son has no name because DH only likes stupid ones, and I have an unnatural & unhealthy obsession with Cherry Icees lately.

I'm out if control

puttyeast

@TheMrs820 I can relate on the less movement concerns. I am finding that I really only notice him moving after I eat now. Maybe he is really just getting on a schedule? I'm going to ask my doctor about this at my appointment tomorrow and maybe you should too to give yourself some piece of mind!

And good luck on the naming and you drink those Cherry Icees!

rastrau

lizardbreath14 said:

lest12 said:

Thanks guys. This is like torture! Nothing has happened and everyone is still inside. They yelled fire in the hole but there was no explosion... Someone is in custody. Again, just from the news. I just wish DH would text me back! Or be able to come home. My problems aside, who the eff would do this today? It happened about an hour after they had an 'event' where survivors crossed the finish line after a relay. What kind of asshole does this?

Ugh.  Just a random gut feeling, but my gut says probably a whackadoodle.  I mean, not political, just copy cat, looking for attention whackadoodle.  I could be totally wrong, but this seems like the type of shit some weirdo would do. So crappy.  I hope your H texts you soon!

Definitely a whackadoodle according to the news reports today.

https://news.msn.com/us/man-charged-with-marathon-hoax-due-in-court

eta: mental illness is a serious concern and not to be taken lightly, but this man scared a lot of people with his ridiculous behavior and thus qualifies as a whackadoodle. And I like that word, it's fun. I'm also very glad that it all turned out to be okay!

Pepper6

Apparently my sister has gotten calls from 3 of our family members asking what my last name is so they can look up my registry.  I've been married almost 3 years... I suppose in their defense, we aren't super close, nor do they have FB, so I guess I can see that, but still, it's kind of funny.

jwarnerb

jshrop said:

I don't want to be rude, but maybe they don't want to talk to me as much as I don't really want to talk to them?

Maybe?

Maybe this is rude, but I send 99% of calls to voicemail. I absolutely hate talking on the phone unless it is absolutely necessary. I wouldn't hesitate to send RSVP to voicemail since I could mark it down when I get home.

OMG.  This.  I do NOT take phone calls.  I will call you back when *I* am ready.  This has ruined friendships, but I think it has actually saved more.    

MY RANDOM/SS:  After catching up on old threads last night and becoming inspired by the digression of "Mr. Softee" to a FFC thread I give you my lunch today.  IT WAS GLORIOUS.  IDGAF.

otter1103

After 3 weeks, I THINK my fridge might get to go back into the kitchen by this weekend! I will never tile again thanks to this whole experience too [-(

steprozz

@LoHerrim‌ I love all your animals!! I'm so jealous you live somewhere that you can have them and experience all the awesomeness. I want to see them when they hatch I've never seen baby turkeys!

rastrau

lizardbreath14 said:

rastrau said:

lizardbreath14 said:

lest12 said:

snip!

Oh, by no means did I intend to make light of mental illness.  But I deal with a lot of people with mental illness on a daily basis, and yeah, sometimes my humor gets a little dark because of it. Whackadoodle is probably my most polite term. I just meant that he's probably mentally ill and not a terrorist.  Although I really mean that he's probably fucked in the head parts.

I didn't mean to call you out! I like your term and think it's totes appropriate for the situation. My SIL is a mental health professional and she uses stuff like that off-the-record all the time. I added the eta more to cover my own a**